A great challenge, facing Indonesian scientists is how to prepare a qualified scientific paper and get it published in a peer-reviewed international journal.

The challenge has arisen following the issuance of Research, Technology and Higher Education Ministerial Regulation No.20/2017 on professional allowance for lecturers and honor benefits for professors, especially a point regarding the requirement of publishing at least one scientific paper in an international journal within the next three years.

The Scopus Index indicates still few publications by the Indonesian scientists, either from the groups of independent researchers, students, or even faculties. Relate to this, limitations have been identified and clustered within three elements: scientific environment, understanding on the purpose of publication, and scientific-writing capacity.